Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her finger tips.
Echoed voices in the night
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight.
Wooo hooo witchy woman, see how high she flies.
Woo hoo witchy woman she got the moon in her eyes.

And I found out a long time ago
What a woman can do to your soul.
Ah, but she can't take you anyway
You don't already know how to go
I get a Peaceful Easy Feeling
And I know you won't let me down
Because I'm already standing
On the ground.

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger.
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home.
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.

Well, I heard some people talkin' just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf.
But let me tell you I got some news for you,
And you'll soon find out it's true.
And then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself.
'Cause I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong.
I will sing this vict'ry song.

The letter that you wrote me made me stop and wonder why.
But I guess you felt like you had to set things right,
Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky,
You can see the stars and still not see the light (that's right).

Already Gone

James Dean, James Dean
I know just what you mean.
James Dean, you said it all so clean.
And I know my life would look alright
If I could see it on the silver screen.

Every night I'm lyin' in bed
Holdin' you close in my dreams
Thinkin' about all the things that we said
And comin' apart at the seams
We try to talk it over
But the words come out too rough
I know you were tryin'
To give me the best of your love.

One of these nights
One of these crazy old nights
We're gonna find out
Pretty mama
What turns on your lights.
The full moon is calling,
The fever is high,
And the wicked wind whispers
And moans.
You got your demons
You got desires
Well, I got a few of my own.

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes.

Lyin' Eyes

You know I've always been a dreamer
(Spent my life running 'round)
And it's so hard to change.
(Can't seem to settle down)
But the dreams I've seen lately
Keep on turning out and burning out
And turning out the same.
So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time.

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell.
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell.
But then she lit up a candle
And then she showed me the way.
I heard voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California.
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face.
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here.

Hotel California

Her Mind is Tiffany-twisted
She got the Mercedes Bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls "Friends"
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet, summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
So, I called up the Captain
"Please, bring me my wine," and he said
"We haven't had that Spirit here since 1969"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Hotel California

Welcome to the Hotel California.
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They're living it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (What a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Hotel California

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast.

Hotel California

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door.
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before.
'Relax,' said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave!

Hotel California

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Will she still love you when you're not around?
There's so many things you should have told her,
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
Just hold her, tears on your shoulder.

He was a hard-headed man
He was brutally handsome, and she was terminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransom
In the heart of the cold, cold city.
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude.
They had one thing in common, they were good in bed.
She'd say, 'Faster, faster. The lights are turnin' red.

Life in the fast lane,
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Uh-Huh (Are you with me so far?)

Life in the Fast Lane"

Eager for action
Hot for the game
The coming attraction
The drop of a name
They knew all the right people
They took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties
They paid heavily bills
There were lines on the mirror
Lines on her face
She pretended not to notice
She was caught up in the race
Out every evening until it was light<He was too tired to make it
She was too tired to fight about it

Life in the Fast Lane

Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Uh-Huh
Life in the fast lane
Everything all the time
Life in the fast lane
Uh-Huh

Life in the Fast Lane

Glowin' and burnin'
Blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign
Took a turn for the worst
She said, "Listen, baby. You can hear the engine ring.
We've been up and down this highway; haven't seen a goddamn thing."
He said, "Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash."
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost
They didn't know they were just dyin' to get off, and it was

Life in the Fast Lane

Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Uh-Huh
Life in the fast lane
Everything all the time
Life in the fast lane
Uh-Huh

I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot
I used to stay out till the break of day.
Oh, that didn't get it,
It was high time I quit it
I just couldn't carry on that way.
Oh, I did some damage, I know it's true
Didn't know I was so lonely , till I found you.

You can go the distance
We'll find out in the long run (in the long run)
We can handle some resistance
If our love is a strong one (is a strong one).

The Long Run

Look at us baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren't we the same two people who lived
Through years in the dark?
Ahh...
Every time I try to walk away
Something makes me turn around and stay.
And I can't tell you why.

Somewhere out there on that horizon
Out beyond the neon lights
I know there must be somethin' better
but there's nowhere else in sight
It's survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don't have much pity
When you're down, that's where you'll stay.

Somebody's gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone.
There's nothin' we can do.
Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night.
Everybody wants to take a little chance,
Make it come out right.

Oh, it seemed like a holy place,
Protected by amazing grace
And we would sing right out loud,
The things we could not say
We thought we could change this world
With words like "love" and "freedom"
We were part of the lonely crowd
Inside the Sad Cafe.